Notes on buildings, tenants, and the market.

The Great Resignation is unsettling, but fundamentally only by name. It poses a significant threat to organizations that make no attempt to adapt to the rapidly evolving professional environment. Adaptation, however, ...

Across the country, more and more commercial real estate owners and operators are being tasked with creating meaningful work environments that support the needs of modern tenants. This shift is primarily due to the ...

In early 2021, employees around the world began to voluntarily leave jobs that didn’t support their needs or match their values. In the United States alone, 4 million people resigned in April – followed by an additional ...

Looking to hire a Workplace Experience Manager? You’re in the right place (if you’re an office landlord, click here to learn more about hiring a Tenant Experience Manager). Hybrid work is here to stay. This means that ...

In a world powered by technology, workplaces that invest in data and analytics tools will take the lead. After all, it’s one thing to provide engaging and unique offerings for the workforce, but another to ensure that ...

The traditional 9-to-5 routine is no more. Almost all aspects of work have evolved in the last few years, from easier employee commutes to hybrid workplace communities cultivated at office buildings. With many employees ...

When you step outside of your front door, you’re probably experiencing a very different world today than you did just a few years ago. People are more health-conscious than ever, and if you work in a corporate setting, ...

All around the world, a revolution is underway. Gone are the old ways of the workplace, where tenant appreciation was shown through quarterly (oftentimes annual) events. In fact, gone are the old ways of working ...

If you’ve been keeping up with the commercial real estate (CRE) market, you know that 2021 was a formative period of growth, consolidation, and significant proptech funding. Industry leaders faced an array of new ...

We’re back in the office, but things have changed. How can you give your employees what they need, want, and expect? How can you create a truly “happy” office? The click of fingers against keyboards. The smell of fresh ...

Today, employers expect their office space to provide a positive employee experience that is flexible and technology-enabled. These changing expectations speak to a simple truth: a company’s work environment greatly ...

Jenny Clark HqO Tenant Engagement Specialist Jenny Clark joined HqO in 2020 as a Tenant Engagement Specialist to help HqO’s dedicated services team create world-class workplace experiences. Prior to HqO, Jenny held ...

Employee office usage patterns haven’t disappeared, but they have changed. What can they tell us? In a recent “Mann Report” article, Thijs van der Burgt, HqO’s Managing Director of Global Corporate Solutions, wrote ...

What do tenants want in the new year? With a constantly changing workplace experience, keeping tenants and employees engaged poses a challenge for landlords and property teams in the commercial real estate (CRE) ...

HqO’s purpose, as our CEO and Co-Founder Chase Garbarino shared last April, is building technology to create real-world experiences that lead to more meaningful connections. As we look back at 2021, we’re proud to share ...

Analyzing data trends is essential for businesses everywhere. Data-driven approaches provide concrete insights upon which key decisions can be made, enabling more accurate investments and company policies. The ...

For commercial real estate (CRE) companies to address the values of the modern workforce, they must prioritize Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives in the workplace. A pledge to these values will hold ...

In 2022, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry will see an increased adoption of new technologies: 53% of industry professionals surveyed by Deloitte indicated that they have a future roadmap of where they’d like ...

In the past few years, we’ve seen many changes to the workplace including a drastic shift in the value drivers of commercial real estate (CRE). The things that once made a workplace enticing and meaningful — such as its ...

The commercial real estate (CRE) space has completely transformed in recent years. Despite often being thought of as one of the slowest industries to modernize, many leading firms have taken steps to digitize their ...